5
He paneled the main room of the Temple with cypress wood, overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with carvings of palm trees and chains.
6
He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim.
7
He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors throughout the Temple with gold, and he carved figures of cherubim on the walls.
8
He made the Most Holy Place 30 feet wide, corresponding to the width of the Temple, and 30 feet deep. He overlaid its interior with 23 tons of fine gold.
9
The gold nails that were used weighed 20 ounces each. He also overlaid the walls of the upper rooms with gold.